Two Friends: A short play

Biwas and Umang, these two are the names of the two guys who are very close to each other from the very beginning. No one knows from when they both are friends of each other. Ironically, the fact of these two characters is contrary to each other. The way they think and take theirs life is entirely different. However, both don’t know what is the thing that makes them feel about to be friends till the end, till both of them don’t extinct. Biwas do things in life as he is responsible to do so. He thinks, whatever he has got in his mind shouldn’t be true and he shouldn’t go for it without thinking the circumstances and the necessity. Nonetheless, he is a guy with a bit of loneliness and unfilled because he never does what he exactly wants. In contrary, Umang always feel that he’s the coolest guy on earth. Whatever he does he doesn’t feel that he was pushed to do it or he has the responsibility to do so. However, he feels happy even to do any things, which remind him of his responsibilities. No one, whoever knows Umang, has seen him in blues. No one can even think about Umang being sad for a second, even his closest friend Biwas. These two guys were sharing a same room from years and years. I don’t know when they started living together. One day as often Biwas was a bit in gloom so Umang tried out to heal the pain that was reflecting on Biwas face.

 CONVERSATION:

 Umang: Hey mate! How are things?

 Biwas in a cold voice said in a flick “unwell”. There was a pause for a while in the room. It was a rainy day of a summer. The chimes hanging on the window frame was filling the room with its mild sounds. Umang was leaning on his bed with his favorite hobby of listening to country music. After 5 minutes Umang again curiously asked to Biwas about his health.

 Umang: D’ ya’ mind to say me how are you today?

 Biwas: I guess I am ok.

 Umang: Why you always need to guess about your own happiness? Can’t you distinguish what exactly you feel at a moment? [Then he stopped his tiny Walkman and started talking with Biwas]

 Biwas: I can, but my happiness will not be for me only.

 Biwas is a very responsible guy who thinks a lot about his surroundings and about them who are related to him in anyways.

 Umang: Will ya’ temme’ one thing mate?

 Biwas: What?

 Umang: What you really want to say? D’ ya’ meant that you are bounded by the relations you have and you don’t like it or you don’t feel that whatever you do as your responsibilities don’t make yours other ones happy?

 Biwas: I really don’t know exactly about what to say. However, I can say that if my other ones would be happy after seeing what I’ve done then for sure I will be a real happy man that day but till then I won’t have any idea of whether I have done right.

 Umang: I reckon you are having a problem with analyzing your own perspectives. Hey! If you really feel that you’ve done something for your ones then you should feel happy otherwise you are playing with your own feelings by making yourself sad. And I say you quit playing with your feelings. Forget doing the things again.

 Biwas: What are you saying; I always feel that I have done things for my lovely ones only but not for my desires or whatever. And what ever I do that would always polarized with the several factors around me like time, its need, circumstances and very life at the moment.

 Umang: You sound quite well but you said you are unwell though.

 Biwas: Yes! Because sometimes I feel, I don’t know why, like I am pushed to do these all deeds what I am doing. I feel like these are exactly not what I have wanted from my life. Though when I try to think about a new thing then still at those very seconds I cannot find any new things to do which are truly mine. I feel like I have lot of complaints regarding what I am doing but still when I try to reveal and want to point those complaints out I cannot find any to be marked on. Then suddenly I start feeling that these are the things that I need to do only others are not meant for a piece of happiness for me. However, I won’t feel happy even after finishing those things. I am forced to do it but I know even that I would be like this forever tills my end.

 Umang: But mate, I would always recommend you to stay far away from these all-nostalgic feelings. Whatever you do, at least I know that it won’t be wrong at all in anyways. The thing lacking behind in you is, I guess, the feeling of success waiting for you after every genuine good deeds you do. Forget how you did or for what you did unless you do the things, which are right and clean, and you are true to yourself doing it. Chill out. Throw out that tension off your head. Then I reckon you would say that you’re well on that day.

 Biwas: I know you are always right and also now. Thank you! Umang. I can assure you that I am feeling well, at least now. Never know what happens tomorrow.

 And he smiled to Umang, took an umbrella and went off the room. He didn’t tell where he is heading but just said, “I will be around for a while”. Umang was there again started to listen to his favorites. He saw Biwas with a bit of smiling face underneath of the black umbrella when he said “goodbye” to Umang.

 Quite often whenever Umang find Biwas a bit sad he always tries to feel the pain that Biwas having and would tries to put that off from Biwas. Sometimes Umang gets success on doing it sometimes not. However, Umang will always try to make Biwas happy.

 ABOUT THIS STORY:

 It is not a story about two different guys but is about almost all peoples who do have two perspectives sustaining within them for a whole period of their life time. I believe all humans have two parts within them. One is positive part, which always force them to think positively and tries to make them happy. And the other is negative part, which at the end of day always makes them feel unfilled and unsatisfied. These two parts share the same room in the humans’ brain. In this short play Biwas played the negative part and Umang the positive one. Ultimately, it is concluded that supporting the positive part makes us feel good for whatever we do. It never allows us to think about any negative or bad deeds. It forces us to believe on ourselves and makes us true to ourselves. Why not try being positive.

 ! BE HAPPY FOR YOUR RIGHT DEEDS! 

Written By: Milan Khanal
Brunswick East, Victoria
Melbourne Australia